Carolyn Sharp

Ph.D. in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Yale UniversityM.A.R. in Old Testament, Yale Divinity SchoolB.A. in Religious Studies, Wesleyan University

Professor Sharp’s research explores the poetics and theology of Hebrew Scripture texts as resources for homiletical theory and practice. She is interested in ways in which contemporary preaching can draw artfully on biblical studies, feminist perspectives on power, and emancipatory pedagogy. Her books include Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible (2009) and Wrestling the Word: The Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Believer (2010). Professor Sharp has edited or co-edited six volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of the Prophets(2016) and Feminist Frameworks and the Bible: Power, Ambiguity, and Intersectionality (with L. Juliana Claassens; 2017). Her current projects include an introduction to biblical prophetic literature (Abingdon), a commentary on Joshua (Smyth & Helwys), a commentary on Jeremiah 26-52 (Kohlhammer), and a book on preaching as catechesis. A member of the Academy of Homiletics, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the Society of Biblical Theologians, Professor Sharp serves on the editorial board of the journal Horizons in Biblical Theology. An Episcopal priest, she preaches regularly at St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church in New Haven and elsewhere.